Recently named 2014 National Geographic Adventurers of the year, Minnesota wilderness guides Amy and Dave Freeman are canoeing and sailing 2,000 miles from Ely, Minnesota to Washington, D.C. on a quest to save the Boundary Waters from the t...hreat of sulfide-ore mining. If built, these mines would leach sulfuric acid and heavy metals that would flow directly into our nation¹s most cherished and iconic wilderness area for centuries into the future.

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With the World Parks Congress opening today in Sydney, we wonder - when will mining companies stop digging up national and state parks around the world for dirty gold?

Pictured: Lorentz National Park in West Papua, Indonesia, which Freeport McMoRan has devastated with its Grasberg copper/gold mine.
Photo: With the World Parks Congress opening today in Sydney, we wonder - when will mining companies stop digging up national and state parks around the world for dirty gold?

Pictured: Lorentz National Park in West Papua, Indonesia, which Freeport McMoRan has devastated with its Grasberg copper/gold mine.
Chile swaps ‘ice bucket’ for dirtied hands to demand regulation of cancer-causing hazardous materials from copper mining. http://bit.ly/1yxjzyZ #icebucketchallenge
Photo: Chile swaps ‘ice bucket’ for dirtied hands to demand regulation of cancer-causing hazardous materials from copper mining. http://bit.ly/1yxjzyZ #icebucketchallenge
Three separate accidents in Mexico have spilled millions of tons of mine waste in a span of just four months. Where's the oversight for the mining industry in Mexico?
"This is a victory for the citizens of the city of Denton. For our families, for our health, for our homes, and for our future."

"We know the oil and gas industry is going to try to use its paid flunkies to try to overturn the ban in the state legislature. To them I say, if you overturn this ban, never again say you’re against big government."
HUGE VICTORY: Frack Free Denton passes first fracking ban in a Texas city!

Please join us is sharing this great news! When communities come together to keep unwanted development away, anything is possible.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this great effort!
Photo: HUGE VICTORY: Frack Free Denton passes first fracking ban in a Texas city!

Please join us is sharing this great news! When communities come together to keep unwanted development away, anything is possible.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this great effort!
What are you voting for today?
Photo: What are you voting for today?
Protect Oak Flat from foreign mining companies!

Sacred lands are at risk in Arizona, ask your Senators to vote NO on S. 339. http://bit.ly/1qmqczQ
Photo: Protect Oak Flat from foreign mining companies!

Sacred lands are at risk in Arizona, ask your Senators to vote NO on S. 339. http://bit.ly/1qmqczQ
"It's such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool."
– Scarecrow

We're told by the Dept. of Energy that the “shale revolution" will fundamentally change the U.S. energy picture for decades to come—leading to energy independence, a rebirth of U.S. manufacturing, and a surplus supply of both oil and natural gas that can be exported to allies around the world.

ARE THEY TAKING US FOR FOOLS? http://bit.ly/drillingdeeper
Photo: "It's such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool."
– Scarecrow

We're told by the Dept. of Energy that the “shale revolution" will fundamentally change the U.S. energy picture for decades to come—leading to energy independence, a rebirth of U.S. manufacturing, and a surplus supply of both oil and natural gas that can be exported to allies around the world. 

ARE THEY TAKING US FOR FOOLS? http://bit.ly/drillingdeeper
Happy Halloween!

Why not celebrate by *tricking* the fracking industry and giving Frack Free Denton a *treat*!

Election day is just four days away, give now to support their fracking ban! http://earthworksaction.org/denton
Photo: Happy Halloween!

Why not celebrate by *tricking* the fracking industry and giving Frack Free Denton a *treat*!

Election day is just four days away, give now to support their fracking ban! http://earthworksaction.org/denton
Remember when a bus load of North Texans went down to Austin to demand action on frackquakes? http://bit.ly/1FZTmi7

Well, they're finally doing something.

We still need more information about injection wells and fault lines, but baseline research is a first step.
High levels of airborne chemicals found near oil and gas sites: http://bit.ly/13lmguk

“The implications for health effects are just enormous” said report author and director of the University at Albany’s Institute for Health and the Environment.
Photo: High levels of airborne chemicals found near oil and gas sites: http://bit.ly/13lmguk

“The implications for health effects are just enormous” said report author and director of the University at Albany’s Institute for Health and the Environment.
Last week, over 125 local, national and state groups called on President Obama to directly regulate methane pollution from fracking.

The EPA has the power to drastically reduce climate pollution from drilling and fracking and the consequences, both globally and locally, are too dire to allow the industry to continue to pollute.

On EARTHblog: methane and climate change http://bit.ly/1rSSzpV
Photo: Last week, over 125 local, national and state groups called on President Obama to directly regulate methane pollution from fracking.

The EPA has the power to drastically reduce climate pollution from drilling and fracking and the consequences, both globally and locally, are too dire to allow the industry to continue to pollute.

On EARTHblog: methane and climate change http://bit.ly/1rSSzpV
Toxic uranium mining threatens Native communities across the southwest.

A proposed rule by EPA would make things worse.

Tell EPA: continue radon air monitoring and limits on toxic waste ponds! http://bit.ly/1waWnrR
Photo: Toxic uranium mining threatens Native communities across the southwest.

A proposed rule by EPA would make things worse.

Tell EPA: continue radon air monitoring and limits on toxic waste ponds! http://bit.ly/1waWnrR
BREAKING: proposed mine could deplete desert southwest town’s drinking water.

Our new peer-reviewed report exposes the critical drinking water and wildlife impacts of the proposed Hermosa mine near Patagonia, Arizona. http://bit.ly/1u3nS7y
Photo: BREAKING: proposed mine could deplete desert southwest town’s drinking water.

Our new peer-reviewed report exposes the critical drinking water and wildlife impacts of the proposed Hermosa mine near Patagonia, Arizona. http://bit.ly/1u3nS7y
Tonight: Former DISH, TX Mayor Calvin Tillman debates pro-fracking documentarian Phelim McAleer.

Watch the Livestream starting at 7pm CST/8pm EST here: http:bit.ly/1DThm4v
Photo: Tonight: Former DISH, TX Mayor Calvin Tillman debates pro-fracking documentarian Phelim McAleer.

Watch the Livestream starting at 7pm CST/8pm EST here: http:bit.ly/1DThm4v
The Carr family of Fayette County, PA has been sickened for years by air pollution from a nearby compressor station—but neither the state nor the operator have ever acknowledged it.

Read their story here: http://bit.ly/1td6RWP

Pictured: FLIR images show what the naked eye can't see -- toxic emissions billowing off the compressor station.
Photo: The Carr family of Fayette County, PA has been sickened for years by air pollution from a nearby compressor station—but neither the state nor the operator have ever acknowledged it. 

Read their story here: http://bit.ly/1td6RWP

Pictured: FLIR images show what the naked eye can't see -- toxic emissions billowing off the compressor station.